Osmosis
This term describes the concentration of solutes in a solution relative to another.
What is tonicity?
This weak attraction forms between water molecules due to polarity.
What are hydrogen bonds?
This scale measures how acidic or basic a solution is.
What is the pH scale?
These are the four major classes of biomolecules.
What are carbs, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids?
Monomers of proteins are called this.
What are amino acids?
What is the type of pentose sugar used or the structure?
In this type of solution, a cell will swell because water moves into it.
What is a hypotonic solution?
Water sticking to itself is called this.
What is cohesion?
A pH of 7 is considered this.
What is neutral?
The building blocks of macromolecules are called this.
What are monomers?
This process causes proteins to lose their shape and function.
What is denaturation?
The monomers of nucleic acids are called this.
What are nucleotides?
Water moves during osmosis because of differences in this across a membrane.
What is solute concentration?
This property allows water to move up plant roots against gravity.
What is capillary action?
Substances that resist changes in pH are called this.
What are buffers?
This biomolecule provides the most energy per gram.
What are lipids?
These lipids form the main structure of cell membranes.
This molecule provides energy for cellular work.
What is ATP?
This medical treatment must match blood tonicity to prevent cells from shrinking or bursting.
What are IV fluids?
This "stickiness" of water is due to this type of intermolecular force.
What are hydrogen bonds?
This biological concept refers to maintaining stable internal conditions.
What is homeostasis?
Chains of monomers bonded covalently together are called this.
What are polymers?
This type of amino acid must be obtained from the diet.
What is an essential amino acid?
This organelle produces most of a cell's ATP.
What is the mitochondria?
In this solution type, cells lose water and shrink.
What is a hypertonic solution?
This property explains why some insects can walk on water.
What is surface tension?
This ion determines acidity in a solution.
What is a proton (H+)?
Humans eat food primarily to obtain these two things.
What are energy and building materials?
Proteins differ from peptides mainly in this aspect.
What is the length/size of the amino acid chain?
The two main stages of the cell cycle are these.
What are interphase and mitosis / m-phase / mitotic phase?
This disease causes severe water loss due to disruption of ion balance in intestinal cells.
What is cholera?
This property of water helps organisms maintain stable internal temperatures.
What is high heat capacity?
What is acidosis?
The molecule called "chitin" is a part of which class of biomolecule?
What are carbohydrates?
Misfolded proteins that can cause disease are called this.
What are prions?
Cancer cells differ from normal cells because they do this uncontrollably.
What is divide (or undergo cell division)?